Improvement in patterns for shoes



dniami otatw ELIAS SHOPBELL, OF ASHLAND, OHIO;

Letters Patent No. 101,528, dated April 5, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN PATTERNS FOR SHOES..

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom lit may concern Be it known that I, ELIS SHOPBELL, of Ashland, in the county of Ashland and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe- Patterns; and I doshereby declare that the following is a full and complete description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a vi'ew of a shoe-back pattern.

Figure 2, a view of a shoe-front pattern.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several views.

The nature -of this invention relates toa pattern for cutting out shoe-backs and fronts, the arrangement of which being such that said pattern can-he adjusted for Cutting all sizes of rnen's and boys' wear, thereby dispensing with a number or series of patterns of difl'crent sizes, as now usually employed.

Fig. 1 represents a pattern for shoe-back, and which consists of seven plates, viz:

A B, which form the 'lower part or heel of the back, and may be'coUShiered as the primary plates, whereby the othelsare moved conjointly therewith.

The plates C D E F andG form the upper part of the back and lappet for the tie or lacings.

Itvwillhe observed that plates B O and D are dnplicates of the plates A Fand G, and that they are all connected to the central plate E, and the plates A B by the studs a, said studs being fixed in the underlap of the plates at certaindetermincd points, and

projected through the over-lap of the plates in slots b. The pecu'liar direction or anglev given to each and 'all the slots, and the respective relation that they hold to each other, and more especially to the slots t', through which the thumb-screw passes, are such that, upon the lateral extension of the primary plates A B, as indicated by'the dotted'lines' o, the supplementai'y plates C D E' F and G are extended at the same time and in proport-i'onal degree, as indicated by the dotted lines e.

The simnltaneons movcment of the plates .occasioned by the determined angle or direction that the slots'bear to each other causes an eqnal enlargement or'contraction of the several plates; hcnce, to cut a back of a shoe to a certain size, a scale of sizes, H, on the plate B, and seen through the slot, will determine ther size sought, from one to ten, the range of sizes for menlsand boys* wear.

The front of the shoe is also cut from a pattern relatively corresponding to the back pattern above described, and which is represented vin fig. 2.

This pattern is composed of three plates, A B 'anil O, the general outlines of which are'those proper for' the vamp or front of the shoe, as that above described is that for the back.

The two plates A B move laterally,.whereas the plate O moves upwardly, or at a right angle to the.

movement of the plates A B'. The movement of the plate C is governed by the direction given to the slots a, in which the studs b move and connect the plates to each other.

. By this simultaneous and equal movcment of the plates on their extension or contraotion is obtained the different sizes for the shoes. A scale of sizes corresponding to thaton the back pattern is inscribed on the front, hcnce, the two patterns have the same proportional extension and contraction, ranging 'from one up to ten, for menls and boys, wear.

' I am aware that shoe-patterns, consisting of anumber of plates, which are expanded and contracted by a system of studs moving in slots of certain directions, have been used. 'This I do not claim, broadly; but that which distinguishes my invention from others is the construction of one pattern for shoes, whereby all the different sizes which are worn by men andhoys can be cut, thereby dispensing with the use of several patterns, as is required when made in the ordinary way. w p

Patterns,as usuall y constructed, have a single movable back-plate, to which the. supplementary movablel plates are attachcd,and therewith rclatively operated. Such patterns can be used for cuttingonly a limit-ed number of sizes; hcnce, to cut the 'entire range of' men's and boys' sizes a number of patterns are required, whereas my pattern is so constructedthat one only is necessary for that pnrpose, thereby dispensiug with the trouble of using several different pattei'us, and saving the expense of the same.

W'hat 1 claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,`i`s

1. A pattern for cuttingbacks of shoes, constructed of plates A B, plates O D E F and G, with their several respective slots b,'al1 arranged in relation to each other, and combined to operate in the manner substantially as described and for the purpose specified.

2. A pattern for cutting fronts ot' shoes, constructed with plates A B, plate O, and their respective slots a, whenV arranged in relation to each other, and vcom- 'bined to operate in .the manner snbstantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

E. SHOPBELL.

Witnesses:

J.- H. Bunnrnen, E. E. W/urn. 

